St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-23
On the Chicago Seard of Trade Yester-
day the Opening Markets We're De-
void of Interesting Features.
Trading in ALI the Pits Was Very Light,
and Wheat Became Extremely
Dull With June at sac.
The Deferred Options We're Rather
Firmly Held, But There Were no
Outside Orders Of ANY Kind.
Transactions in the Financial Circles
of Wall Street.-The General
Review.

CHICAGO. May 21.-The opening markets
were devoid of interesting features. June
wheat opened ut SSc. Trading in all the
pits was extremely light, and wheat became
very dull, with June pegged at SSc. The de-
ferred options were rather firmly held, but
there were no outside orders on the board of
any description. The crowd were not dis
nosed 10 do anything at all, while the clique
bid SSc for wheat all day. There were trades
nj S77s between outside houses. June wheat
closed al SSaISSlsc, and July at S67Sc An
evening paper says: About 1,0OO,0oO bush
els of Minneapolis wheat has been already
arranged for by traders, who sold June here
on Thursday At SSG1S9c. This comes at the
Tlsc rail rate. and is said To pay Ice profit.
ON the other hand, the clique is reported to
have taken time by the forelock, and 10 have
arranged TO pay for even more OF the Mime
apoliS wheat than this. Corn was the only
product that showed any firmness at the
opening of change. Early trades were weak
al 4lIs64lI4c for July, but afterward corn
settled back into the same state of lethargy
which characterized the resi- of the market.
lRtil noon corn hung around 4l@4llSc for
July but there were no buyers. The corn
recently shipped from here arrived in New
York Il little soft, and the majority of it in
spectS steamer grade, or little too doubtful
for slow transportation by sailing vessels.
This was the real cause of the lack of buyers.
About noon July sold off 10 41c even. which
was the lowest of the day. closed al 407Stt4lc.
Oats were very quiet to-day. There was very
little change in provisions at the opening.
July ribs sold at $50 and July lard at
S6 so During the day the trading in pro-
visions was dull, and July ribs sagged off to
722I2 and July lard 10 S6.77l2 sellers. AT
the close July ribs tirmed up and closed at
s7.21l2.
THE QUOTATIONS.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat-No. > May, SIC, closing at $3.50
S7i2c :. June, SSc closing at SSIsc; July,
S6s4c, closing al S67sc; August, S4Ssc, clos
ing at S4s4c. Corn-No. May, 3Sssc, clos
July, 4llsc, closing at 4l7S@4lc; August,
ape, closing at 42Isc. 0ats-No. . May, 26c,
closing at 257Sc; June, 265sc, closing at
27I2c; July, 27sSc, Iclosing at 27l2c. Au-
gust 265sc, closing at 27I2c: Mess pork
per Dbl, May, S22.50, closing at $22.50;
June, SD so closing at $3.50. Lard
per 100 lbs, May, $500. closing at S6.62l2;
June, $3.50 closing al S6,67l2; July, $3.50,
closing At S6.77l2; August, S6s7l2, clos
May, S7.l5, closing at 81. IS: June, S7.l5,
closing at S7.l5: July, $3.50, closing at
ST27l2; August, ST.42l2, closing at S7.37l2.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
Dull and neglected; unchanged. Wheat-No.
799S4c; No. , red. S7ssc. Corn-No. 2,
3s4c. Oats-No. y. 25S4@26c. Rye-No =,
56e;; Barleey-No. ., sac. Flax seed-No.
l, Sl.13, Mess pork, per Dbl, $3.50. Lard,
loose, .S7.05@71O; dry sailed shoulders,
boxed $4,000. 20: short clear sides, boxed,
S7.60@7.65. Whisky = Distillers' finished
goods, per gal Sl.10. Sugars-Cut loaf, per
h., 6A@65sc; granulated, &c; standard "A"
55sc. Receipts-Flour, 1900 bbls; wheat,
$1,000 bu; corn, 141, 900 bu; oats, 252,-
600 bu; rye, 1000 bu; barley, 10000 bu.
ShipmentS-Flour. 1900 bbfs; wheat, 10
600 bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats 219,O0o
bu; rye, 5000 bu: barley, 1000 bu. on
the produce exchange to-day the butter mar
ket was in the buyers favor; fair creamery,
15@1Sc; dairy, 14@17c. Eggs 1Ol2@l1c. =